"FROSTY THE SNOWMAN"

"FROSTY THE SNOWMAN was a jolly happy soul......."

I've always loved snowmen & have collected snowmen for many years. So, when it came time to decorate my tree, my sister Sue came over to help (she's a great decorator)! She looked at all my snowmen and said lets put all those snowmen in the tree and make a snowman tree!

She didn't stop with snowmen though - she started putting books in the tree too!

Since Joe is in France, I had a "Paris" tree all done up -

Oh, how I love CHRISTMAS! I love the Decorations, the smells, and the excitement all around.

And what about GIFTS?

Someone once said that he could never figure out what to give for CHRISTMAS

as everyone already had everything they needed.

The next day in the mail he received a suggested list which said:

"Give to your enemy forgiveness, to your opponent tolerance, to your friend your heart,

to a customer service, to all men charity, to every child a good example,

and to yourself respect."

CALAIS, FRANCE

Joe has been transferred once again -

this time his transfer has taken him on a very long train ride (3 hours - via Paris) to "CALAIS" a city that is furthest North in France.

I did some investigative work on Calais and this is what I found:

CALAIS is less than 40km from Dover – the Channel's shortest crossing – and is by far the busiest French passenger port. The port (and its accompanying petrochemical works) dominates the town; in fact, there's not much else here. In the last war the British destroyed it to prevent it being used as a base for a German invasion, but the French still refer to it as "the most English town in France", an influence that began after the battle of Crécy in 1346, when Edward III seized it for use as a beachhead in the Hundred Years War. It remained in English hands until 1558, when its loss caused Mary Tudor famously to say: "When I am dead and opened, you shall find Calais lying in my heart." The association has been maintained by various Brits across the centuries: Lady Emma Hamilton, Lord Nelson's mistress; Oscar Wilde on his uppers; Nottingham lacemakers who set up business in the early nineteenth century; and, nowadays, nine million British travellers per year, plus another million-odd day-trippers.

You can also see the white cliffs of Dover from the shores!

Says Joe: "We can see england from the beach here which is crazy! I just wanna catch a ferry over and go speak in English with everyone but I would probably get into trouble for that one so i'll just stay here!"

If you want to write to Joe, this is his new address: Elder Joe Ford

Les Missionaires

95 blvd Jacquard N°125

62100 Calais

France

He also had this to say:

"Don't hesistate to write or anything i'll be here everyday opening my mailbox everyday at 12:30 - Ha - just kidding. But seriously i do."

I think he loves getting letters ......

IMPORTANCE OF SEPTEMBER 15th

DID YOU KNOW.....

on 9-15-1254, Marco Polo, the Italian Explorer, was born?

on 9-15-1890, Agathie Christie, the English Writer, was born?

on 9-15-1961, Rebecca Ford, the self-proclaimed-travel agent was born?

on 9-15-1885, Jumbo (P.T. Barnum's circus elephant) was hit by a train and died?

on 9-15-2007, Brett Somers, American actress and Match Game Panelist died.

(sorry, no picture available)

So to honor this date and these fine people ....

at 8pm at Becky's house a Party's going on!

A Survivor Kickoff Night - YEAH!!!!

Followed by the Season Finale of "BIG BROTHER" oh yeah!!

(this calls for some Texas Egg Rolls from Road House Grill)

(Melissa - I bet you wish you were here!)

PARTY TIME!!!

Our Town at the 127 Yard Sale

We were interviewed for the evening news and I finally found the clip.

Here it is: (go to 23:40 for the man with the funny goose hat - we are right after him)

Our Town at the 127 Yard Sale

A lucky start at the Yard Sale

Well it didn't take me long to get my 2nd and 3rd FREE items today!! Yea for me!! Are you wondering how I'm so darn lucky? I'm going to tell you my secret. I just go up to the vendor and ask how much they want for the item....they just tell me it's " free". It's as easy as that. I don't know why Sue has such a hard time getting free items. Maybe she doesn't smile enough..or use charm..or maybe she didn't use her deodorant... Who knows?



Funny signs we saw today.....











It got sooooo hot we found ourselves suddenly Inside of some sort of ice cream shoppe where we were forced to sample some ice cream for them. It passed our standards.


We were just standing around treasure hunting when all of a sudden, we look up and lo and behold, there right before our eyes is a news crew interviewing important people about the yard sale. Of course he came right over to us and started up a conversation - he asked us questions about the yard sale and then filmed us right then and there. Wow! Can you believe that!!
We didn't believe we would really be on t.v. But it was fun anyways.
Later on during the day, some people came up and said they recognized us from t.v. - they said we were on the 5:00 news!
That's right everyone! We are famous! There were many others who also recognized us. We were having a hard time just walking around without getting bombarded by all of our many fans.











At the end of the day, it finally happened! Sue got her 1st free item ever at the yard sale!! Yea for her!! Let's all give her a great big hand!!


This was a great end to our yard sale / treasure hunt 2010. We found great items. My favorite thing was finding the glasses that match my green plates (although the glasses happen to be clear).
Sues favorites thing is the Fenton ruffled edge jelly set with a glass spoon. (sorry no pictures).

We loved coming this year it was fun. We made friends and saw many people from last year that remembered us. As for 2011.....

Location:Cumberland City,United States

Junk or Treasure?

After leaving chatanooga we drove up Signal Mountain towards the yard sale route. As we came around the bend, lo and behold we saw this house - crazy.


This is my first purchase of the day - "Stretchy the Ostritch" I got him for a mere $1.00. What a great deal.


Sue's first purchase of the day is a 1971 original pillsbury doughboy.


Look who we saw while we were treasure hunting - HGTV filming their segment for the 2010 longest yard sale show. Of course they asked us to be in the show, but we declined because we simply don't have time for their shenanigans because we need to move on to more yard sales and more treasure hunts!






As you all remember last year I received 2 free items and Sue received none. Well, today I received my first free item. That's right. You heard correctly. Cindy my new best friend (sorry Shari) was kind enough to give me my first free item of the week.
.....Sue...better luck tomorrow....


If you know Sue then you know that Sue sometimes loses things. Well, today she lost her cell phone. That's right. But, good thing - she remembered very quickly - and found it after about 7 minutes! Hurray! Tomorrow she promises not to lose her phone. And I believe her.


My newest best friend (sorry Shari and Cindy)- I really like her because she let's me do all the talking.





Due to a surprise storm we were FORCED into this establishment...while inside 2 nail technicians massaged our feet and painted our toenails...the things we have to endure while we wait out the stormy Tennessee weather....





Once we endured this Nice nails establishment we were on our way again. Crossville was our destination for the night.
We decided to eat at Cracker Barrel. While waiting for our table we noticed the entire porch covered with rockers which we took advantage of (nice). The food at cracker barrel is great - home cooked food - just like at home (except not like at our homes). Sorry Bob and Darren.


Well, good night y'all -

Location:Starview Ln,Chattanooga,United States

The Yard Sale Again....Yep that's right!

(This is last years brochure)


Well, here we are again at the longest yard sale in the world at 675 miles! That's right, you read that correctly! 675 miles!!
Last year it was only 654 miles but they decided to increase it because it wasn't long enough - people were complaining. So, now it's just right!

Well we certainly hope this year we don't get lost. I've brought a brand NEW GPS that's fool proof.

Well we've got to go... Mile 1 is calling our names....
Check back tomorrow and see what kind of shenanigans we've been up to and what treasures we've found.

Location:Starview Ln,Chattanooga,United States

Weekend at the Cabin with Bob's Mom

We decided to take Bob's mom to the cabin this weekend. When we asked if she wanted to go, she jumped on the chance and seemed excited to get some fresh air in the country.


We had Jean Ann Herschell come up and visit us on Saturday.


One thing we did that was really different was go to Thanksgiving Point. It was me, Teri, Grandma, and Ashton. We first went to look at the flower gardens because we know how much Grandma loves flowers.



Grandma was such a great asset to have at the flower gardens because she knew the name of almost every flower!


Gerber Daisy


Brown Eyed Susan
These were some of my favorites.

At the cabin we were favored by the local moose who decided to make an appearance for Grandma...





Melissa decided to put out some food so maybe the deer would come up close to the cabin...


Melissa is so smart!


We had a great time at the cabin. But, now we're on our way home...all good things must come to an end. You can quote me on that!

Location:W 774 N,Salt Lake City,United States

SUMAVEL DOSEPRO

This Drug has saved my life!

I have been getting migraines for a long long time -

The pill I've been taking (zomig) has slowly been losing its effectiveness.

And, with the frequency of my headaches, I decided to go and see a Headache Specialist (Neurologist) down at Scripps Hospital in Encinitas.

That was the best thing I could have done!!

This doctor introduced me to: SUMAVEL DOSEPRO a needlefree injection system.

It takes away my headaches within 10 minutes!!

I can literally watch the clock and my headache is always gone within 10 minutes - it's amazing!!

It's an injection in the Stomache or the thigh -

you get to choose!!

And this is what the needlefree injection looks like -

All I know is that - I LOVE IT - and I wish I could get my hands on more of them.

As it is, my insurance is ANTHEM, BLUE CROSS and they only allow 4 per month. So, in other words, according to them, I am only allowed to have 4 headaches a month.

Is there something wrong with this?????

I wish I could be a spokesman for SUMAVEL and they could just pay me in a life time supply of these injections - that would make me very happy.....

Spectacular 4th of July!

We had a GREAT 4th of JULY at our cabin in HEBER.

Here are some pictures I just have to post because I think Kiley & Ashton look adorable and I want to show everyone my beautiful grandchildren!

For the fireworks show - we drove down the mountain and into the next town - (MIDWAY)

and watched their fireworks show -

Mr. Party himself (Mr. Ashton) wasn't able to keep himself awake for the festivities (as you will notice in the photos - But, Kiley was able to have fun with Sparklers and enjoyed the firework show.

THE END